Orthodox Pascha
Pascha, the Resurrection of Christ, is the feast the whole Orthodox year is measured from. Here is its date, year by year, and the cycle it moves.
Reckoning the date…
Why Orthodox Easter differs from Western Easter
The dates here follow the Julian paschalion. It uses a calculated ecclesiastical full moon and March 21 on the Julian calendar as the equinox. Western Easter uses Gregorian calendar tables, so the results often differ. Neither calculation depends on the date of modern Jewish Passover.
Because Pascha moves, the whole moveable cycle moves with it: the opening of the Triodion, Great Lent, Palm Sunday, the Ascension, and Pentecost are all counted from Pascha, the same for New- and Old-Calendar Orthodox alike.
Pascha, 2026 to 2050
| Year | Orthodox Pascha |
|---|---|
| 2026 | April 12 |
| 2027 | May 2 |
| 2028 | April 16 |
| 2029 | April 8 |
| 2030 | April 28 |
| 2031 | April 13 |
| 2032 | May 2 |
| 2033 | April 24 |
| 2034 | April 9 |
| 2035 | April 29 |
| 2036 | April 20 |
| 2037 | April 5 |
| 2038 | April 25 |
| 2039 | April 17 |
| 2040 | May 6 |
| 2041 | April 21 |
| 2042 | April 13 |
| 2043 | May 3 |
| 2044 | April 24 |
| 2045 | April 9 |
| 2046 | April 29 |
| 2047 | April 21 |
| 2048 | April 5 |
| 2049 | April 25 |
| 2050 | April 17 |
The date is one thing; the feast is another. Read about Pascha, the Feast of Feasts ›